The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of more than 80 Somali Muslims.

A message left at JBS Swift's U.S. headquarters in Greeley wasn't immediately returned.

Hundreds of Muslim workers walked off the job at the Grand Island, Neb., plant during Ramadan in 2008, saying they needed time to pray at sunset and break a day-long fast. Management adjusted the work schedule the next day.

Non-Muslims protested and the accommodations ended. The company fired 86 Muslims for walking off the job and said the firings weren't about religion. The Associated Press

Let's see. 1) Be flexible and find a reasonable way to let them pray, or 2) Be a d1ck and refuse even though it's important to the people you need to keep your business running and then pay gobs of money defending a lawsuit. Hmmm, choices, choices.

Let's see. 1) Be flexible and find a reasonable way to let them pray, or 2) Be a d1ck and refuse even though it's important to the people you need to keep your business running and then pay gobs of money defending a lawsuit. Hmmm, choices, choices.

Let's see. 1) Be flexible and find a reasonable way to let them pray, or 2) Be a d1ck and refuse even though it's important to the people you need to keep your business running and then pay gobs of money defending a lawsuit. Hmmm, choices, choices.

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Be flexible? That's nice and all, but you have a business to run. Who's business is it, the employees, or the owners? If they can't work during daytime hours, are you supposed to close the plant, and start work at 8pm till the wee hours of the morning? Why should the non muslims that work there have to do that? To me, a business dictates what it's hours of operation are. If we start at 7AM, we start at 7AM. If you, as an employee, can't comply, then you are free to find employment elsewhere. Go find a job that suits your needs, and fits your schedule. I think most businesses are willing to accomodate some reasonable requests, or conflicts in scheduling, but the level of such accomodation is ultimately up to the discretion of the business. IMO anyway. I do it here with some of the muslims I employ. We give them certain muslim, or native holidays off, just like we do others. If they came to me though, and said we have to do our work at night, cuz they couldn't work during the day, I'd tell them to find a night job elsewhere.

Be flexible? That's nice and all, but you have a business to run. Who's business is it, the employees, or the owners? If they can't work during daytime hours, are you supposed to close the plant, and start work at 8pm till the wee hours of the morning? Why should the non muslims that work there have to do that? To me, a business dictates what it's hours of operation are. If we start at 7AM, we start at 7AM. If you, as an employee, can't comply, then you are free to find employment elsewhere. Go find a job that suits your needs, and fits your schedule. I think most businesses are willing to accomodate some reasonable requests, or conflicts in scheduling, but the level of such accomodation is ultimately up to the discretion of the business. IMO anyway. I do it here with some of the muslims I employ. We give them certain muslim, or native holidays off, just like we do others. If they came to me though, and said we have to do our work at night, cuz they couldn't work during the day, I'd tell them to find a night job elsewhere.

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The company I work for is very flexible and as a result our workers are happy, loyal, and work a little harder. If they tried to dictate things like this to us we'd start seeking greener pastures. If you're an authoritarian, go ahead and be happy trying to play dictator to low skill and low self-esteem employees since they're the only people who'd want to work for you.

Plus, this guy's an idiot because he's got a sh1t load of legal fees he's got to pay, even if he wins. Kind of a capitalism fail, isn't it?

The company I work for is very flexible and as a result our workers are happy, loyal, and work a little harder. If they tried to dictate things like this to us we'd start seeking greener pastures. If you're an authoritarian, go ahead and be happy trying to play dictator to low skill and low self-esteem employees since they're the only people who'd want to work for you.

Plus, this guy's an idiot because he's got a sh1t load of legal fees he's got to pay, even if he wins. Kind of a capitalism fail, isn't it?

The company I work for is very flexible and as a result our workers are happy, loyal, and work a little harder. If they tried to dictate things like this to us we'd start seeking greener pastures. If you're an authoritarian, go ahead and be happy trying to play dictator to low skill and low self-esteem employees since they're the only people who'd want to work for you.

Plus, this guy's an idiot because he's got a sh1t load of legal fees he's got to pay, even if he wins. Kind of a capitalism fail, isn't it?

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Clearly you've never run a business. There is nothing dictatorial here. The owner has an operation to run, and he won't let his livelyhood, and the health of his company, be held hostage by a segment of his employees who are making unreasonable demands. The legal BS is symbolic of all that's wrong in this country. Owners, as well as people, shouldn't be blackmailed into implementing bad policy, out of fear for being sued.

Clearly you've never run a business. There is nothing dictatorial here. The owner has an operation to run, and he won't let his livelyhood, and the health of his company, be held hostage by a segment of his employees who are making unreasonable demands. The legal BS is symbolic of all that's wrong in this country. Owners, as well as people, shouldn't be blackmailed into implementing bad policy, out of fear for being sued.

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Let's see, I've seen dogmatic owners run their companies into the ground, and I've seen open CEOs lead growing companies. I'll take the latter everyday. And this guy's little line in the sand routine is costing him time and money. Major business school brain fart.

Plus, nice false choice. There is no threat to the health of his company if his employees take a little time in the middle of the day to pray just so long as they get their 8 hours or whatever in.

Nice jab at their religion with the hostage taking nonsense, by the way.

Let's see, I've seen dogmatic owners run their companies into the ground, and I've seen open CEOs lead growing companies. I'll take the latter everyday. And this guy's little line in the sand routine is costing him time and money. Major business school brain fart.

Plus, nice false choice. There is no threat to the health of his company if his employees take a little time in the middle of the day to pray just so long as they get their 8 hours or whatever in.

Nice jab at their religion with the hostage taking nonsense, by the way.

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Talk about false choices. You make it sound as if every owner, or CEO, who has bent over backwards for his employees, in appeasing their every request, has been successfull, and all who've implemented some type of rule, have not. I guess this is where I say "well I've known plenty of owners who's given in to every one of their employee's requests, and have gone out of business, while all the Mussolini clones, have not."

It's not a matter of always giving in, or never giving. It's about what is reasonable, what isn't, and where the right of refusal ultimately lays. Also, businesses aren't one size fits all, just as all requests for accomodation aren't either. My point is that when you run your own business, you'll be able to coddle your employees, however you deem fit. In the meantime, if you boss doesn't want to do as you wish, then he shouldn't have to.

Talk about false choices. You make it sound as if every owner, or CEO, who has bent over backwards for his employees, in appeasing their every request, has been successfull, and all who've implemented some type of rule, have not.

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Don't put words in my mouth, as I certainly never said that one appease every request. Please show me where I did. Please, it'll be fun.

In this situation, however, it's clearly the best option for this guy to be a little flexible.